Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼâchar

aw-khar'

אָחַר

What it means

to loiter

to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • slack2
  • tarry2
  • defer2
  • hinder1
  • deferred1
  • delay1
  • longer1
  • tarrying1

Every place it appears 14

Genesis24:5634:19
Exodus22:29
Deuteronomy7:1023:21
Judges5:28
2 Samuel20:5
Proverbs23:30
Ecclesiastes5:4
Isaiah5:1146:13
Daniel9:19
ʼâchar (H309) — Hebrew word meaning “to loiter”